Zaha's first NYC building

she designed this swoopy apartment building for Related next door to the high line (natch) in west chelsea.

is hudson yards real?

i mean, new york magazine is telling me to get ready because this is really happening, but im just not convinced.

NeRd aLeRt: "The Low Line "

Some group of idiots want to create a High-Line style park...underground in a former trolley terminal beneath Delancey Street at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge.  Here's the proposed location and a picture of the original space:

According to this sketch, the park would be lit with solar collectors above ground which would pipe sunlight through fiber optic cables and distribute the light with underground diffusers.

It actually sounds pretty interesting, but ultimately the thought of an underground dimly light park in the LES seems like a glorified homeless shelter.  For example, this indoor park at the Deutsche Bank on Wall Street is above ground and it's homeless chess player city.  Just sayin'.  Looks pretty though.

Fun fact, Starla and I met at The Delancey where we tricked a very drunk JVM into buying us many drinks until the bartender told on us like a little bitch.  Happy belated birthday Starla!
 
[Delancey Underground]

did y'all see...

...g.animalz high line pixies? they are real nice.

nErD aLeRt!

the high line's open!! get a load of new york magazine's justin davidson! he walks us through, and tells us about the exciting architecture that has sprung up around the new parkspace. love that denari. the shigeru ban's pretty cool too. i'd live there. i would.

btdurbz, no one told me phase 3 of the high line was slated to be demolished as part of the hudson yards development! i'm pretty sure gabe and i kept it when we developed hudson yards during 4th year. they must've decided to go with someone else's design. which also, no one told me.

nErD aLeRt!

the high line : part two opens on wednesday! (see that denari back there?) here's an article about how all those dummies who didn't want it were wrong about everything.

jean nouvel

have you seen the new jean nouvel building next door to the IAC? you can see it from the highline. ive been a nouvel fan since the arab world institute, and anticipate each of his nyc projects.

more high line info

as we reported earlier this week, section 1 of the high line is open! here's the nytimes review, which includes some slideshows and info about where to enter and exit.

another take